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19.06.2014

One of the most demanding things in our lives is to establish and foremost comply to our publishing dates of sisterMAG. In the end there is so much work and layouting to do that we could easily add 3-4 more days. However a constant in our lives is also that we always – not necessarily voluntary – have a trip / event / visit scheduled at the end of our publication date window, which forces us to be finished. That’s why we sometimes had to use bad wireless connection in little coffeeshops all around Europe to tag the last pages of sisterMAG or drove through the night to our destinations – absolutely exhausted.

Even with sisterMAG N°13 there was such a long-planned event: the first Rußwurmsches Hoffest (= courtyard party). Many friends have asked me – full of surprise and disbelief – what in the world would be a courtparty and why you should travel hundreds of kilometres for this to Thuringia: the reason is one of my longest and best friends, well known from many blogposts on Neu4bauer and articles in sisterMAG, Robert. Him and the “Society Heritage Thuringia eV” have bought a really old and historic building in his home county in the middle of Germany: the Rußwurm Mansion. As the center of a manor, it once served its noble inhabitants as a residential and commercial building. Time has reshaped the original appearance of the monument, but it has thankfully kept much of its historical substance.

One of the most important projects for the coming months is the roofing of the house, which, in its current state, is from the 50s. For the renovation in 2014, he is currently lacking 20,000 euros, which is why he is now searching for roof tile godparents ☺. With a donation of 10 Euro you sponsor one tile/brick. All sponsors will be listed on www.russwurm.net and receive a certificate as well as an invitation to the "roof party" on 13.09.2014.

Now, the first Rußwurmsche Court Party was a first public event to find roof sponsors and raise money – a real village feast with all you need: a tame goat and some sheep, a small book jumble sale in the house, loads of Thuringian Bratwurst and music from small brass bands on both days. I especially enjoyed the mix of guests, because in addition to the villagers, some people from far away had heard of the party because of regional coverage in the newspaper. In addition there was our group of colourful (and somehow noisy) friends, who had travelled from Berlin, the west of Germany and even London to be there with Robert.

Dear Robert, we had a wonderful weekend and I can only encourage everyone to donate a brick for the preservation of this wonderful masonry. From my own experience, I can say that it can be wonderful to spend hours in it! You can find a form with all the info on how to become a sponsor HERE (form in German)!

I hope you enjoy the photos I've shot over the weekend. It definitely was a lot of fun to capture so many little moments with the camera, since I usually don’t have a lot of time to do this anymore! Yours, Thea